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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2016
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Thomas E. Clark, Sanford, ME (US);
Brian C. McLaughlin, Kennebunk, ME (US);
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A fluid flow assembly may include an orifice plate having a set of orifices and a plenum defined by a blade outer air seal. The set of orifices may be aligned with and in fluid communication with the plenum. A gas turbine engine may include a vane outer support having an orifice plate, wherein the orifice plate includes a plurality of sets of orifices. The gas turbine engine may also include a blade outer air seal defining a plurality of plenums. Each set of orifices of the plurality of sets of orifices may be forward relative to and substantially axially aligned with a respective plenum of the plurality of plenums.